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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un wipes out his Uncle's entire family..
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/26/kim-jong-un-uncle-jang-sung-taek-executed_n_4669249.html?just_reloaded=1
Multiple sources in Pyongyang told the Seoul-based Yonhap news agency that the executed relatives include Jang's sister Kye-sun, her husband and ambassador to Cuba, Jon Yong-jin, the ambassador to Malaysia, Jang Yong-chol, who is Jang's nephew, as well as his two sons, the sources said.
Underage sons and daughters and even grandchildren of the abovementioned officials were also reportedly killed.
Yonhaps source said that some victims put up resistance while being dragged out of their apartments and were shot dead in front of other people. Jang, a once powerful North Korean military general, was executed last month as divisions between him and his nephew Kim widened.Officials referred to Jang as "worse than a dog" and "human scum" in his announcement of his execution, which he said was for treachery and betrayal.
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has already said the South fears a wave of purges would follow the execution, as 30-year-old Kim seeks to further cement his leadership."North Korea is now engaged in a reign of terror while carrying out a massive purge to consolidate the power of Kim Jong-Un," she told a cabinet meeting.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un wipes out his Uncle's entire family.. (Original Post)
HipChick
Jan 2014
OP
He should have done it the civilized way and bombed a wedding via dronestrike.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2014
#7
I think Kim likes it done more "up close and personal". Less chance of a "mistake"
pampango
Jan 2014
#8
defacto7
(13,485 posts)2. It's still the dark ages.
Wounded Bear
(58,736 posts)3. Just like the "good old days".....nt
pampango
(24,692 posts)4. A dictator's got to do what a dictator's got to do.
What's the most important thing to a dictator - keeping his pretty cool job. And you don't d.o that by playing by "the rules".
RandiFan1290
(6,256 posts)5. I hear he pulled the entire family out of incubators!
Then tossed them into paper shredders!!1
FarPoint
(12,463 posts)6. He makes HBO's, "Game of Thrones" look legitimate.
redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)7. He should have done it the civilized way and bombed a wedding via dronestrike.
pampango
(24,692 posts)8. I think Kim likes it done more "up close and personal". Less chance of a "mistake"
that way. Plus there is less ambiguity as to the message you are trying to send to your "enemies".